Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of riots and civil unrest in Calgary

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The result was merge to Timeline of Calgary history. (non-admin closure) b uidhe 14:28, 2 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

List of riots and civil unrest in Calgary

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List of mostly non-notable incidents of civil disobedience in a single city, not demonstrating any collective notability as a group. Virtually every city in existence has experienced some greater or lesser number of "civil unrest" incidents in its history, without necessarily needing an encyclopedia article to list them all for posterity. I can find no evidence that any other city on the entire planet has a comprehensive list of all its civil unrest events like this, and I can think of no credible reason why Calgary alone should qualify for special treatment that other cities aren't getting. Individual incidents here are certainly sourced, but none of the sources are conferring any sort of collective group notability on "the overall history of civil unrest in Calgary" as a concept. There's just no reason why Calgary's historical timeline of riots and civil unrest would be inherently more notable than Toronto's or Vancouver's or Montreal's or Boston's or Chicago's or London's or Mumbai's or Johannesburg's or Rome's or Paris's or New York's or Rio de Janeiro's historical timelines of riots and civil unrest. Note as well that the first discussion was held 12 years ago and closed no consensus, so it did not establish any binding precedent that this type of content was warranted. Bearcat (talk) 16:12, 8 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Social science-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 16:12, 8 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Alberta-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 16:12, 8 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 01:09, 9 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Comment (note: this comment is seriously tongue in cheek.), article obviously created by an Edmontonian or one that sympathies with that city, see Battle of Alberta. Coolabahapple (talk) 01:22, 9 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Merge to Timeline of Calgary history. Agree with nom: 18 nn events of the vague definition of "civil unrest" over more than a century is not defining or warranting such a unique article under LISTN. Reywas92^Talk 01:39, 9 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Don't delete. Most of these events seem sufficiently notable that they should be included somewhere. They can be merged elsewhere, or this list can be kept. I have no preference between the two. Pburka (talk) 02:16, 9 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Why mainly just Calgary? To me, this implies that whatever civil disobediences that have or assumed to have occurred in Calgary can be labeled as riots, but other possible forms of said civil disobediences in other Canadian cities or regions are omitted outright. It is, in my assumption, that this article was possibly made with the intent of using general bias against Calgary for unknown reasons. To me, this article does not follow the spirit of neutrality, as per Wikipedia rules and regulations. Rockies77 (talk) 09:38, 14 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
- I think this argument is a variation of WP:OTHERSTUFF. Just because we don't have List of riots and civil unrest in Edmonton yet doesn't mean we can't. (Although I'd propose merging all Alberta civil unrest into one page.) Pburka (talk) 20:12, 14 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Rockies77: the same article was created for Omaha, Nebraska. I really, really doubt these were created as some passive aggressive insult by someone who secretly hates Omaha and Calgary. —Мандичка^YO 😜 11:28, 16 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Sandstein 10:27, 16 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. An extensively sourced and well-formatted article that IMHO would be a relevant addition for each city. The creator of this article also created List of riots and civil unrest in Omaha, Nebraska. Both articles have existed since 2008. I don't see how it's not notable. We should applaud this, not delete it. —Мандичка^YO 😜 11:28, 16 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Selectively merge a few entries to Timeline of Calgary history (which I've trimmed). No need for two overlapping lists, especially since this list contains a lot of unnotable incidents (e.g. the 1993 student walkout). Clarityfiend (talk) 20:13, 19 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Sandstein 19:42, 24 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Selective merge per Clarityfiend and per Reywas92. There's notability to these events, but this list, as written, fails WP:AOAL and WP:CLN. Moreover, it strikes me as unnecessary WP:LISTCRUFT. Minor labour unrest? Seriously? Doug Mehus T·C 16:10, 28 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Selective merge to Timeline of Calgary history per Clarityfiend. No need for this trivial list. KartikeyaS343 (talk) 06:56, 2 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.